james well that reporting from dhaka thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world with korean leader kim jong un has sent a letter to south korean president moon asking for more peace talks between the two in twenty nineteen kim said the leaders of the two koreas who met three times this year had taken bold measures to overcome years of hostility. tens of thousands of serbians have marched through the capital belgrade again to protest against attacks on opposition politicians and journalists the protesters waved banners accusing president alexander of stifling democratic liberties cracking down on political opponents and controlling the media. voters in the democratic republic of congo are casting ballots for a new president the winner will take over from strongman joseph kabila who stepped down two should have stepped down two years ago but instead postponed the election several times there's been reports of long lines and glitches at polling stations but for the most voters are simply happy to finally

>> well i'll save those for mr. comey but you can imagine that you have a 400 page inspector general's report. you have the testimony of 16 other witnesses all of which were taken in private transcribed interviews. you have the thousands of pages of documents, and those have generated literally hundreds of questions that need to be asked and we are prepared now with some very experienced former prosecutors like trey gowdy and john ratcliffe and very experienced investigative staff to ask those questions, and get to the bottom of the answer.

mr prince had been you. to you james mattis u.s. secretary of defense will leave his post on the first of january and john bolton trumps security advisor is much more pliable there are always a lot of discussions i find them helpful i'm always open to new ideas but the issue here is different it's more about principles about morals we know how blackwater behaved in iraq we know what they did when they had immunity they ran wild they shot and killed with abandon would you trust the same people to run an entire war trump may do it just to because. it won't have the he won't have the spotlight that u.s. troops do it's quite conceivable that he might. buy into that idea united states has had over one hundred thousand troops in afghanistan and still the taliban has grown and in terms of its influence the answer will not be the use of private military contractors to resolve the overall problem of afghanistan but it's going to take because shushan in discussion among the countries in that region every prince's sell

patterson is going to take this isn't clear james bays thank you very much well the u.s. special envoy for syria jim jeffrey has confirmed the deployment of kurdish fighters from northern iraq into northern syria and the unexpected deployment came after turkey threatened further military action in member if u.s. backed kurdish why p.g. fighters don't leave the area then heard a report from istanbul. turkish military reinforcements have already been sent to the border with syria president treasure to tell you border guard says a cross border operation against what he calls terrorists can begin at any moment the target is the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces the s. the f. is mainly made up of the y.p. g. or kurdish people's protection units it won't be the first time the turkish military has confronted the kurdish armed group on syrian soil but if this offensive does happen it will be the first time turkish troops are targeting the group east of the euphrates river where its nato ally the united states stations its troops. are two guns announcement followed a visit by u

mr prince had been new year to you james mattis u.s. secretary of defense will leave his post on the first of january and john bolton the trumps security advisor is much more pliable there are always a lot of discussions and i find them helpful i'm always open to new ideas but the issue here is different it's more about principles about morals we know how blackwater behaved in iraq we know what they did when. they had immunity they ran wild they shot and killed with abandon would you trust the same people to run an entire war every prince's selling point may not be that he's cheaper it's that trump and the pentagon will become less accountable gotta start will no longer be entirely their responsibility if blackwater or whoever al smetters up at the beyond their heads and it'll all be written off to plausible deniability and corporate bureaucracy so what do you think worth a try letting mercenaries run an entire war. christmas has passed on the end of the year is near across the stories that made twenty eight tina we have our quirky medi

mr prince had been new year to you james mattis u.s. secretary of defense will leave his post on the first of january and john bolton trumps. security advisor is much more pliable there are always a lot of discussions i find help for and i'm always open to new ideas the issue here is different it's more about principles morals we know how blackwater behaved in iraq we know what they did when they had immunity they ran wild they shot and killed with abandon would you trust the same people to run an entire war every princes selling point may not be that he's cheap or it's that trump and the pentagon will become less accountable gotta start will no longer be entirely their responsibility if blackwater whoever al smetters up at the beyond their heads and it'll all be written off to plausible deniability and corporate bureaucracy so what do you think worth a try letting mercenaries run an entire war. in valuable that's the description given term major new strategic weapon called our own car which will enter russian service already next year

later forcing an apology from mr brennan and here is former n.s.a. head james clapper accounting to a senate select committee on n.s.a. spying programs does the n.s.a. collect any type of data on a millions or hundreds of millions of americans. yet you face no charges for a statement he himself admitted was the road yes and even the man now in charge of the russia collusion probe former f.b.i. chief bob mueller didn't lie but at the very least supported and pushed the false narrative which led to the invasion of iraq and subsequent chaos secretary powell presented evidence last week that baghdad has failed to disarm its weapons of mass destruction so what can we learn lying is bad and everyone knows it but we'll let dr house summarize the truth of the human condition that everybody lies. the only parable is about what the press did not think that the lies told by democratic administration members to a republican congress was a bad thing but they do think that lies by people who worked for mr trump years ago . could be a very exciting thing because it

later forcing an apology from mr brennan and here is former n.s.a. head james clapper accounting to a senate select committee on n.s.a. spying programs does the n.s.a. collect any type of data on a millions or hundreds of millions of americans. no sir. yet you face low charges for a statement he himself admitted was the road yes and even the man now in charge of the russia collusion probe former f.b.i. chief bob mueller didn't lie but at the very least supported and pushed the false narrative which led to the invasion of iraq and subsequent chaos secretary powell presented evidence last week that baghdad has failed to disarm its weapons of mass destruction so what can we learn lying is bad and everyone knows it but we'll let dr house summarize truth of the human condition but everybody lies. the only parable is about what the press to think that the lies told by democratic administration members to a republican congress was a bad thing but they do think that lies by people who work for mr trump years ago. could be a very exciting thing because it cou

not only did george vanderbilt host henry james and edith wharton but prestigious guests as well, one of those being president and mrs. obama who came during the early part of his presidency. they came to asheville to really enjoy the mountains and the food here and the golf and everything that asheville has to offer but they spent a lot of time with us here in the house. the current day family toured them around. when they came to the library, they were struck because, of course, president obama and mrs. obama are both lovers of books. but president obama was particularly transfixed by a globe that we have in our collection that's a very rare globe dating from 1899. he was very interested in examining the areas particularly in the middle east and looking at the boundaries that were in place at the turn of the century and just getting kind of the broader world view. he spent a lot of time explaining how the structures that are seen on the globe at that time really impact our world situation today. i think coming to biltmore gives you an entirely different perspective on america in the

>> well i'll save those for mr. comey but you can imagine that you have a 400 page inspector general's report. you have the testimony of 16 other witnesses all of which were taken in private transcribed interviews. you have the thousands of pages of documents, and those have generated literally hundreds of questions that need to be asked and we are prepared now with some very experienced former prosecutors like trey gowdy and john ratcliffe and very experienced investigative staff to ask those questions, and get to the bottom of the answer. we want to follow this matter. we want to follow the truth where it leads and then we want to make these transcripts available to the public so that they can draw their own conclusions about what occurred in 2016. i'm concerned and it's my hope that by doing this we will prevent it from happening again in 2020 or hopefully ever again. the fbi was misused in 2016 and this is an organization that is very very important. every day, thousands and thousands of great fbi agents and oth

th mr. trump. >> i would have to say to him, "well, mr. president, i understand what you want to do, but you can't do it that way. it violates the law." >> big changes to president trump's cabinet. >> chief of staff john kelly could be on the way out as soon as today. >> and also the president announced william barr as his next attorney general. >> there's no one more capable or more qualified. >> somebody just jumped out! >> a dangerous police chase out of oklahoma city. >> several people were inside that car. each of them survived after the crash. >> a shake-up at the oscars, kevin hart stepping down as host. >> the move came after old anti-gay tweets surfaced. >> he tweeted an apology saying, "i do not want to be a distraction." >> a date which will live in infamy. >> the attack on pearl harbor was 77 years ago today. >> memorials across the country. >> so long as there is a united states of america, you're unconquerable spirits will live forever. >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor. and

one of them being president and mrs. obama. they came to asheville to enjoy the mountains and the food here and the golf and everything that asheville has to offer. there is -- they spent a lot of time with us here in the house. the current a family toward them around. when they came to the library they were struck because they are both lovers of books. president obama was particularly transfixed by a glove that we have in our collection. it is very rare dating from 1899. he was very interested in examining the area in the middle east and the boundaries that were in place at the turn- of-the-century and getting the broader worldview. he spent a lot of time explaining how the structures that are seen on the globe at that time really impact our world situation today. thank you for coming to biltmore. i think it gives you an entirely different perspective of america in the 19th century. it gives you insight into this incredibly fascinating family of the vanderbilts who were key to the growth of america but also into insight into a

. >>> well, sticking with politics, president trump says defense sretary james mattis will be out at the end of the year. the president tweeting about it is morning. mr. trump says mattis will be replaced by deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan on january 1st. mattis resigned thursday saying he would stay on until february 28th but sources say the president was unhappy with how mattis handled the resignation announcement that came shortly after the president announced u.s. troopre a being pulled out of syria. >>> following a developing story overseas where the death toll is sing and the deadly indonesia tsunami. 222 are dead and mor than800 injured. the tsunami hit yesterday. scientists say a volcano eruptionhe triggered under sea landslide but with most tsunamis, tre is usually a warning. this was different because the ground did not ske tolert people to get to safety. officials expect the death toll to rise even more in the coming days. this was the second deadly tsunami to hit this year. yesterday's tsunami triggered memories of the massive9.1 magnitude earthquake that hit in

mr james jeffrey thing he's also in his words between the lines you can see a threat he's saying that the assad regime did not win the war yet well. what does he mean by that does he mean that the united states is ready to reengage by supporting terrorist organizations and by creating chaos in syria and trying again on this failed and destructive kind of a move towards i'm not sure but he's not in a position to make any conditions. let's turn attention to costa rica where several hundred exile nicaraguans have protested against their country's president. the protesters are demanding that ortega start the repression of media and civil rights since the nicaraguans have fled to costa rica since the outbreak of anti-government protests more than three hundred people have been killed in a year of civil unrest in september nicaragua made street protests illegal human rights watch has criticized the raids on the opposition media and the closure of rights organizations. meanwhile nicaragua's neighbor to the north and tourists is also accused of similar violations but there is a contrast in ho

profile figure comes and goes peter in the early days of the trumpet ministration war two years ago mr trump used to talk about my generals have they all know gone. well indeed yes president trump clearly liked the idea of having generals within his administration incidentally he publicly would call james mattis mad dog though it was known widely that james mattis did not like this particular nickname that he got while serving in the in the u.s. military but president trump yes he had a national security adviser back master who he does his general he had a chief of staff general kelly who he hailed as his general but now all of these men some see all succeed very clearly as putting some kind of brakes on the worth worst excesses of the trumpet ministration they are now all gone james mattis just the latest in the long line not only of generals but of administration figures to walk out of the door or to be pushed out of the door sometimes fired tweet just a note to announcing james madison's decision to retire in a tweet seen by many as somewhat disrespectful to a man who served his cou

mr james jeffrey is saying is saying he's also in his words between the lines you can see a threat he's saying that the assad regime did not win the war yet well. what does he mean by that does he mean that the united states is ready to reengage by supporting the terrorist organizations in syria and by and in creating chaos in syria and try again on this failed and destructive kind of a move towards our i am not sure but he's not in a position to make any condition yet time has beaten us omar omar in a shabby security and political analyst in very rich i wish we had more thank you so much for your take this hour. packing a punch next to a must watch documentary little miss kung fu that starts in moments this is r.t. . in a world of big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawk

meanwhile, the former director of the fbi, james comey, has said he is concerned about president trump's attacks on thejustice department. a clearly frustrated mr comey made the remarks after taking part in a closed door house of representatives hearing in which he was questioned about hillary clinton's emails. i think the president's attacks on the justice department i think the president's attacks on thejustice department broadly i think the president's attacks on the justice department broadly and the justice department broadly and the fbi are something that no matter what political party you are in, you should find deeply troubling and continue to speak out about, not become numb to attacks on the raw law? the firing of sessions particularly? that's not something i can comment about. earlier in the day, president trump announced his new nominations for attorney general and ambassador to the united nations. the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue reports from the us capital. these two pretty significant nominations, if you take them in turn, william barr replacing jeff sessions who was fired by t

saying that the assad regime did not win the war yet well. what does he mean by that does he mean that the united states is ready to reengage by supporting the terrorist organizations in syria and by recreating chaos in syria and trying again on this failed and destructive kind of a move towards that i'm not sure but he's not in a position to make any conditions. the british government is ramping up preparations for a no deal. withdrawal plan continues facing opposition from m.p.'s and vote in parliament has now been scheduled for next month the u.k.'s brags and secretary says a no deal scenario is now receiving significant attention the government's priority remains to secure the deal but we need to recognise with fourteen weeks to go that a responsible government is preparing for the eventuality that we leave without. britain's defense secretary has said that five hundred troops will be put on standby as part of the no deal contingency plan other measures include securing medical and food supplies during the coming weeks families and busine